Please, what is the diffrence between jam and jelly ?

Answer 1

Jam is a type of sweet spread or condiment made with certain fruits or vegetables, sugar, and sometimes pectin.

A jelly is a sweet or savoury food gel, usually made through the addition of gelatin or pectin to edible liquids.

Answer 2

This is interesting!

I grew up making Both Jellies and Jams.

Jam is smashed fruits with seeds and the pulp.

Jelly is just the juice of the fruit.

Both are made with sugar and pectin. Both are a mess to make. And both taste good, however I perfer Jam, and I really like the fuzzy stuff ya scrape off when ya make Jam. DANG That's good stuff. I am actually also amused at this post and the people's responses to it.

Answer 3

Jelly, jam and preserves are all made from fruit mixed with sugar and pectin. The difference between them comes in the form that the fruit takes.

* In jelly, the fruit comes in the form of fruit juice.
* In jam, the fruit comes in the form of fruit pulp or crushed fruit (and is less stiff than jelly as a result).
* In preserves, the fruit comes in the form of chunks in a syrup or a jam.

Pectin is an undigestible carbohydrate (fiber). It is found in the cell walls of most fruit. When heated with sugar in water, it gels, giving jam, jelly and preserves their thickness.

Jell-O is entirely different. It is made from gelatin, which is a protein made from animal skins and bones.

PS,

It was really amusing to read some of the responses! Incidentally, I'm a maitre chef.

Answer 4

In jelly, the fruit comes in the form of fruit juice. In jam, the fruit comes in the form of fruit pulp or crushed fruit (and is less stiff than jelly as a result). I used to wonder the same thing.....

Answer 5

Jam is the whole fruit all pured & jelly is just the juice from the fruit? Jam is much better as it is slammin & jelly is smelly!!!

Answer 6

Jelly is a solidified form of the fruit juices. Jam is preserves. It has actual fruit in it :)

Answer 7

Jam has the little seeds of the fruit, jelly doesn't.

Answer 8

as far as i know jam contains fruit pieces and jellly is clear and easy to spread. unless you are in europe and then jelly is what the americans call jello and jam is what we americans call jelly.

Answer 9

Jelly is clear with no fruit and jam has bits of fruit wilth the gel.

Answer 10

Jelly is just solidified juice..
Jam has pieces of the fruit in it...